The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 63
... Cuba . The Vesperti- lionidæ have four genera , of which one , Nycticellus , is confined to Cuba . There are six genera of Noctilionidæ , of which one , Phyllodia , is confined to Jamaica . The Insectivora are represented by the genus ...
... Cuba . The Vesperti- lionidæ have four genera , of which one , Nycticellus , is confined to Cuba . There are six genera of Noctilionidæ , of which one , Phyllodia , is confined to Jamaica . The Insectivora are represented by the genus ...
Page 64
... Cuba only ; 81 species being recorded as occurring in that island , while only 31 have been found in Jamacia , 12 in Porto Rico and St. Croix , and 2 in Tobago and Trinidad . Setting aside these migratory birds , as having no bearing on ...
... Cuba only ; 81 species being recorded as occurring in that island , while only 31 have been found in Jamacia , 12 in Porto Rico and St. Croix , and 2 in Tobago and Trinidad . Setting aside these migratory birds , as having no bearing on ...
Page 65
... Cuba ; and lastly , Todus , constituting a peculiar family , and having repre- sentative species in each of the larger islands is especially interesting because it belongs to a group of families which are wholly Neotropical - the ...
... Cuba ; and lastly , Todus , constituting a peculiar family , and having repre- sentative species in each of the larger islands is especially interesting because it belongs to a group of families which are wholly Neotropical - the ...
Page 66
... Cuba and Jamaica being much more complete than of Havti . The species of resident land - birds at present known are as follows : - Cuba 68 species of which 40 are peculiar to it . Hayti 40 17 وو " ; Jamaica 67 41 99 Portorico 40 Lesser ...
... Cuba and Jamaica being much more complete than of Havti . The species of resident land - birds at present known are as follows : - Cuba 68 species of which 40 are peculiar to it . Hayti 40 17 وو " ; Jamaica 67 41 99 Portorico 40 Lesser ...
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... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. A SCENE IN CUBA , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . In the preceding enumeration the Bahamas have been included with. PLATE XVII .
... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. A SCENE IN CUBA , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . In the preceding enumeration the Bahamas have been included with. PLATE XVII .
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand